Summary of Eric Nusbaum's Stealing Home

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#1 Abrana Cabral was born in 1893 in Mexico. She crossed into the United States at Laredo, Texas, on October 10, 1916, when she was nineteen years old and pregnant. She would have been traveling among businessmen and fellow immigrants.

#2 Abrana was probably traveling with her husband, Nicolas Ybarra, the father of the little girl growing inside her. Nicolas was also from Monte Escobedo. They were part of an entire generation fleeing north, drawn by the promise of stability and economic opportunity in Mexico.

#3 The American army, under Winfield Scott, landed in Veracruz and took the city following a bloody siege. They then marched their troops across the humid, soft countryside and up over the rocky volcanoes, until they reached the Valley of Mexico.

#4 The Mexican castle of Chapultepec was the last stand of the defenders of Mexico City, who were children under the age of sixteen. They were known as los Niños Héroes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822536968

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Abrana Cabral was born in 1893 in Mexico. She crossed into the United States at Laredo, Texas, on October 10, 1916, when she was nineteen years old and pregnant. She would have been traveling among businessmen and fellow immigrants.

#2

Abrana was probably traveling with her husband, Nicolas Ybarra, the father of the little girl growing inside her. Nicolas was also from Monte Escobedo. They were part of an entire generation fleeing north, drawn by the promise of stability and economic opportunity in Mexico.

#3

The American army, under Winfield Scott, landed in Veracruz and took the city following a bloody siege. They then marched their troops across the humid, soft countryside and up over the rocky volcanoes, until they reached the Valley of Mexico.

#4

The Mexican castle of Chapultepec was the last stand of the defenders of Mexico City, who were children under the age of sixteen. They were known as los Niños Héroes.

#5

Morenci, Arizona, was a small town, but it was crowded. It was like living under a magnifying glass. The sun was hot in the summers, and the company watched everything. Life was mostly work: mining copper ore, moving rocks from one place to another, smelting, and maintaining a home with almost nothing when a day’s wages would only buy a dozen eggs.

#6

The town of Morenci, Arizona, was the center of the copper mining industry in Arizona. It was here that Clifton-Morenci was one of the worst-paying mining districts in Arizona. Mexican miners made $2. 39 per shift compared to $2. 89 for Anglos.

#7

The Immigration Act of 1917 was a disaster for the agricultural, mining, and railroad industries in the Southwest that relied on immigrant labor. However, it did allow some immigrants to work in the United States as long as they were sponsored by a company.

#8

The story of the first baseball game played on Mexican soil is a myth. It did not happen. But for many years, people told the story like it did.

#9

In 1920, coyotes invaded Douglas, Arizona. Dr. Alan M. Wilkinson was a ear, nose, and throat specialist who had come to Douglas from northern Michigan as part of his service during World War I. He was against dancing, swearing, card playing, and especially drinking.

#10

The Wilkinsons had a traveling medical practice that took them